DICE today announced that
Battlefield 1943 will kick off a worldwide community challenge that, when
achieved, will reward players by unlocking a fourth map called Coral Sea. The
WWII Coral Sea map will be unlocked when the multiplayer community achieves 43M
kills on Xbox Live and the same number on PlayStation Network. When it ships
this summer, Battlefield 1943 will include three maps (Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal,
and Wake Island) plus this fourth bonus map, all for $15.

Coral Sea is designed to showcase
the intense battle in the skies, offering an all-new Air superiority game mode.
The legendary WWII action this map provides will have players dog fighting in
this airplanes-only map, proving once again DICE delivers on a first class
online vehicle warfare experience better than anyone else! Players will be able
to track the progress of their respective console communities at
www.battlefield.com/1943.

Battlefield 1943 is a premium arcade
title that delivers endless hours of 24-player First-Person Shooter (FPS) action
on popular maps inspired by Battlefield 1942. In addition to Coral Sea,
Battlefield 1943 will also have players battling over three tropic locations:
Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. These maps have now been updated with the
DICE Frostbite engine, providing destructibility to the battlefield and leaving
players with almost nowhere to hide. Gamers play as the US Marines or the
Imperial Japanese Navy, competing by land, air and sea. They have the freedom to
pick their path in battle - be it as a rifleman crawling through the trenches, a
steel fisted tank commander, or a dog fighting ace pilot that rules the skies!